[1] https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/2019-04-12/
[2] https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/debian-installer/
Hello!
I just uploaded updated installation images 2019-04-20 for the
following Debian Ports architectures:
* alpha
[...]
I uploaded both CD images [1] as well as netboot images [2].
Please test those images and report back over the mailing list for
the corresponding architecture.
Known issues:
* alpha
- There have been reports about missing firmware for storage devices.
The firmware required for these devices is located in the
"firmware-linux" and "firmware-linux-nonfree" packages but currently
don't have a floppy driver in debian-installer to load additional
firmware. I will figure out how to build CD images including firmware
similar to the images available for i386 and amd64.
On May 6, 2019, at 11:17 PM, Frank Scheiner <frank.scheiner@web.de> wrote:
I just tried the 2019-04-20 ISO on my DS25. Unfortunately the disc drive cannot be detected by the installer so I'm stuck at this point.
UPDATE: On second thought, [2] and [3] seem to be unrelated to what is available in the initramfs of the installer. From what I saw, the
drivers from the sata-modules UDEB are actually included in the
initramfs, but the needed drivers from the pata-modules UDEB are not.
Where is this configured? [4] includes the sata-modules UDEB as
optional, but no pata-modules UDEB. So is this maybe configured in [4]?
If yes, I can provide a patch on salsa.d.o to fix that issue, just need
a confirmation.
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>As far as I know, a lot of Alpha-specific hardware needs firmware but I haven’t looked into creating images with firmware yet.</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>UPDATE: On second thought, [2]and [3] seem to be unrelated to what is</span><br><span>available in the initramfs of the installer. From what I saw, the</span><br><span>drivers from the sata-modules UDEB are actually included in the</span><br><span>initramfs, but the needed drivers
<div><br></div><div>Adrian</div></body></html> --Apple-Mail-205BE5B4-6E5F-46CB-ABEC-D4A8624392A8--
On May 6, 2019, at 11:17 PM, Frank Scheiner <frank.scheiner@web.de <mailto:frank.scheiner@web.de>> wrote:
I just tried the 2019-04-20 ISO on my DS25. Unfortunately the disc drive
cannot be detected by the installer so I'm stuck at this point.
As far as I know, a lot of Alpha-specific hardware needs firmware but I haven’t looked into creating images with firmware yet.
UPDATE: On second thought, [2] and [3] seem to be unrelated to what is
available in the initramfs of the installer. From what I saw, the
drivers from the sata-modules UDEB are actually included in the
initramfs, but the needed drivers from the pata-modules UDEB are not.
Where is this configured? [4] includes the sata-modules UDEB as
optional, but no pata-modules UDEB. So is this maybe configured in [4]?
If yes, I can provide a patch on salsa.d.o to fix that issue, just need
a confirmation.
Here: https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/tree/master/debian/installer/modules/alpha-generic
Try to understand the include logic first before sending a PR. A lot of modules are actually included using the “common” directory.
As far as I know, a lot of Alpha-specific hardware needs firmware but I
haven’t looked into creating images with firmware yet.
Yeah, but this problems seems purely due to the pata-modules missing in
the initramfs.
Here:
https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/tree/master/debian/installer/modules/alpha-generic
Try to understand the include logic first before sending a PR. A lot of
modules are actually included using the “common” directory.
Could you explain a little more? With the "common" directory you mean [5]?
[5]: https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/tree/master/debian/installer/modules/
https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/blob/master/debian/installer/modules/pata-modules
The way I understand it, the configuration files in [6] control what
UDEBs are built for the alpha kernel used for the installer, as they
seem to include the configuration files from the assumed "common" super directory which list the drivers to include for the respective devices/protocols/standards/etc..
And the configuration in [7] seems to control what UDEBs are installed
in the initramfs.
The question remains if one needs to specify dependencies explicitly or
if dependencies are resolved during build. I'll try to correlate the
modules in the initramfs with what is configured in [7] and come to a conclusion.
https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/commit/db4ed9e563092b5847556f319fa29109bc5221a9
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